Archive
Keyword - Ecology
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Biodiversity: Putting a price on nature - Premium content
Gretchen Daily knows the value of ecosystems — but can ascribing financial worth to them help to maintain biodiversity? Emma Marris meets an ecosystem-services evangelist.
18 November 2009
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Planting trees can shift water flow - Premium content
Creating forests where none existed may affect long-term hydrology.
7 November 2009
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Mountains may be cradles of evolution - Premium content
Tectonics seem to fuel the appearance of new species.
25 September 2009
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Staving off ecological disaster in lungs - Premium content
Protecting the lung's 'ecosystem' may help cystic fibrosis patients.
7 August 2009
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Ecology: Ragamuffin Earth - Premium content
A small group of ecologists is looking beyond the pristine to study the scrubby, feral and untended. Emma Marris learns to appreciate 'novel ecosystems'.
22 July 2009
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Bigfoot study highlights habitat modelling flaws - Premium content
Accurate prediction of climate change's effects is as elusive as the fabled apeman.
7 July 2009
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Adapt and die? - Premium content
Beetles that changed their diet by choice suffered in the end.
7 July 2009
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Q&A: Observing the scars of the Arctic thaw - Premium content
Ecologist Breck Bowden talks about the consequences of thawing permafrost in Alaska.
30 June 2009
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Shy animals skew population estimates - Premium content
Sampling methods may capture more daring fish and birds.
12 June 2009
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Disease in a warming climate - Premium content
Fears of a global rise in infectious conditions may be unfounded.
9 April 2009
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